Yay- Cross stitch card

 Hello everyone,

We got one more card with cross stitching. Check the earlier one here.

We have been enjoying doing cross stitching. You will see more of them in the coming weeks. 

Supplies used:

Cross stitch die by Waffle Flower Crafts

Party Bear stamp set by Craftyscrappers

Sentiment by Your Next Stamp

Entering the card into the following challenges:

1. Simon says stamp- Stitch it

2. Krafty chicks challenge -all-occasions

3. Craftangles-monthly-challenge-sep-2021

4. Cardztv -challenge

5. Crafty catz-challenge

6. Uniko-challenge-67-anything-goes

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a great day!

Chandhini and Subhashini

Beary- Cute Cross stitched card

Hello everyone,

We have a cross stitched card to share with you.

Life is short, make it sweet!

When Waffle Flower released Cross stitching dies, we were totally excited to try our hands at it. We had tried cross stitching last year, but it was on casement cloth, meant especially for cross stitching. We fell in love with it. We wanted to incorporate our two loves: card making and cross stitching. This die could help us do exactly that. So, we had to get it.

We are grateful to My Favourite Things for sharing Cross-stitch Printables , these are wonderful inspirations. We tried out "HBD" from their printables. Even Waffle Flower has Free cross stitch patterns on their website. You must check it out. 

We decided to use this bear with a cupcake image by Gerda Steiner Designs for this card. 

Entering the card into the following challenges:

1. Avenue 613

2. Wordart wednesday-challenge

3. A perfect time to craft challenge

4. Simon says stamp- Stitch it

5. Krafty chicks challenge -all-occasions

6. My time to craft challenge -embossing

7. Cardztv -challenge

8. Crafty catz-challenge

9.  Uniko-challenge-67-anything-goes

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a great day!

Chandhini and Subhashini

Hello Shaker card- Purple

 Hello everyone,

We are back with yet another mini slimline card.

We have used Unity Planner gal stamp set. We chose monochromatic color scheme for the card. We don't use purple color often. But, we are happy with the way it has turned out. The Hello die is by Pinkfresh Studios.

Entering the card into the following challenges:

1. Avenue 613

2. Wordart wednesday-challenge

3. A perfect time to craft challenge

4. Uniko-challenge-67-anything-goes

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a great day!

Chandhini and Subhashini

Hello Shaker card- Pink

 Hello everyone,

We are back with a mini slimline card. We love the size of mini slimline cards. Don't they look cute!

This time, we have used Unity Planner gal stamp set. We chose monochromatic color scheme for the card. This stencil is one of our favourites. The Hello die is by Pinkfresh Studios.

We have used two shades of pink sequins to add interest. Lets shake it!!

Entering the card into the following challenges:

1. Craftangles-monthly-challenge-sep-2021

2. Avenue 613

3. Wordart wednesday-challenge

4. A perfect time to craft challenge

5. Cards galore challenge

6. Uniko-challenge-67-anything-goes

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a great day!

Chandhini and Subhashini

Cute couple Magic Slider card

 Hello everyone,

It's been a long while since we posted here. We will try to be more regular from now on.

We made yet another magic slider card, this time, featuring Cute Couple stamp set by Mudra, which is our recent purchase. This set was in our wishlist since a long time. Everytime, we would see it on any online craft website, it would be out of stock. When we saw that it was in-stock this time, we grabbed it. Yay, happy us! 

We used Lawn Fawn XOXO background for for the background. Doesn't it pair up perfectly with this stamp set!

Entering the card into the following challenges:

1. Craftangles-monthly-challenge-sep-2021

2. Avenue 613

3. Stamping Sensations Challenge- stamp-of-moment

4. A perfect time to craft challenge

5. Cards galore challenge

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a great day!

Chandhini and Subhashini

Sunshine & Rainbows

 Hello friends, 

Sharing an interactive card. 

This is the first time we have tried our hands at Magic color slider die by Lawn Fawn.

This card was made as a part of World Leukemia Day Hop on Instagram, you can check out the post here. 

 #WLDayHope #WLDforGaia

World Leukemia Day on September 4 is a global campaign led collaboratively by patient groups around the world. It is the day of the year when people around the world can come together to help raise awareness about leukemia. By increasing leukemia awareness and educating the world about the signs and symptoms of this condition, we can work together to help patients with this disease receive early diagnoses, help more people, improve their quality of life after diagnosis, and give them hope!

But can we really do anything? Yes, we can:

• Donate blood
• Donate bone marrow
• Help research with contributions.

On this special day, cardmakers from all over the world have joined us and created a card inspired by Hope. These incredible artists have dedicated their time to awareness, visit all of our artists to see their wonderful inspiration.

You can check out our post on Instagram here.

Entering the card into the following challenges:

1. Stay-crafty-with-hero-challenge-26

2. Creative fingers challenge

3. Cardz tv Challenge

4. Crafty catz challenge

5. Allsorts challenge- Week-640-anything-goes

6. Timeout challenge

4. A perfect time to craft challenge

5. Cards galore challenge

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy crafting!

Chandhini and Subhashini

You are the sweetest- Ft. Waffle Flower Cross-stitch die

Hello everyone,

Here's our card for Raksha Bandhan, a festival celebrated in India. You can read more about it below.

When Waffle Flower Crafts released their Cross-stitching dies, we were excited despite being a beginner. The excitement only grew by leaps and bounds upon opening the package and throughout the process of die-cutting and stitching the pattern. 

We must admit that clearing out all the little bits from the die cut paper was tedious, but worth the pleasure that we got on finishing this piece of #handmadelove.

Raksha bandhan:

Raksha bandhan is the celebration where sacred thread is tied by sister to brother. It's commitment to protect and take care of sister by brother in all situations. Also sister ties it and pays to good for her brother's well being.

Its obvious that raksha bandhan became emotional and wide spread ritual when India was undergoing attacks by outside looters who not only just tried to loot materialistic wealth but also our sisters 'samman'. 

Today's rakhi celebration is more of "brother-sister" day to enjoy the gifts and sweets. 😊

Little confusion about raksha bandhan tie up by wife to husband is also seen in few places as read in some articles - as we saw that sacred thread tie up is used in many rituals in hindu culture, dring war time in olden days, wife used to tie pooja thread to husband seeking protection from God. Also war was commitment for kings to protect their people and also it's seen as yagnya/pooja of god only.

Rakhi day rituals:

Early morning, thread ceremony to be done where sister does pooja of cotton or silk thread extracted. Basically process of filling positive energy into thread and tie a knot in it which symbolizes holding that energy which will protect the one who wearing. Now a days, it's replaced by plastic/foam sheet images etc.,

The best time to tie Rakhi on Raksha Bandhan is during Aparahna which is late afternoon according to Hindu division of the day or in evening just before sandhya time it seems.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy crafting.

Chandhini and Subhashini